Monthly Archives: February 2008

Cuba

February 25, 2008 – 12:03 pm

Captain’s Quarters has a post about Cuba, specifically the treatment of political prisoners there. Just to remove any doubt before I start, let me quote a little of the final paragraph with approval: We can differ on how best to improve the lot of the Cuban people and prepare for the post-Castro era, but let [...]

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Bottom Trawling

February 23, 2008 – 6:40 am

No, not what some of you are thinking, it’s actually a technique in commercial fishing where you drag your net across the bottom of the sea to catch bottom-dwelling fish, crustaceans etc. Treehugger have a picture of what this looks like in the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s quite amazing.

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Dizzying

February 22, 2008 – 11:51 am

At the top of Victoria Falls there is a little pool that you can swim in. When I say ‘at the top of the falls’ I mean literally at the top of the falls – go check out the pictures. If you’re anything like me it will make you feel sick (as well as feeling [...]

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Physio

February 21, 2008 – 10:08 pm

Top Tip: Never show weakness to a physio – as soon as they know something hurts they’ll be at it like a dog on a bone until you sign over your house.

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Vox Day

February 20, 2008 – 8:58 pm

A religious friend shares a number of links through google reader which has greatly expanded my reading, if not my mind. One recent article is a book review of sorts for ‘The Irrational Atheist’ by Vox Day, a deeply unpleasant man. The article, unsurprisingly, is about as perceptive and well-reasoned as I would have guessed [...]

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